UN: 22 UN staff killed, 1 pulled out alive, 150 still missing in Haiti
By APThursday, January 14, 2010
UN: 22 UN staff killed, 1 pulled out allive
UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says a U.N. security guard has been pulled out alive from the collapsed U.N. headquarters building in Haiti’s capital.
Ban told reporters Thursday it was “a small miracle” in the grim search for some 100 U.N. personnel still trapped in the rubble of the headquarters building and about 50 U.N. staff unaccounted for elsewhere after Tuesday’s earthquake.
The U.N. chief announced that 18 U.N. peacekeepers and four international police officers have been confirmed dead.
U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said the U.N. is still putting together a list of national and international civilian staff with the peacekeeping mission who have died.
Ban said Assistant Secretary-General Edmond Mulet will arrive in Port-au-Prince Thursday afternoon to take charge of the U.N. mission and coordinate the international relief effort.
